The bonfire of 11 tonnes of ivory in the Nairobi National Park in 1989 remains the most powerful symbol of Kenya’s role in curbing the slaughter of African wildlife. It was the prelude to an international ban on the ivory…
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INSURANCE tycoon Douw Steyn’s mansion in Sandton’s Fourways, recently completed at a cost of R250m, has set what is believed to be a new record for South African residential property values. The lavish home, named Palazzo Steyn, is the first…
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“If we don’t deal with corruption, it will overcome us.” She told MPs that corruption in this country has undoubtedly reached crisis proportions: “Corruption is increasing. All agencies are saying the same thing: the auditor general, the SIU [Special Investigating…
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BARACK Obama is the worst US president since Richard Nixon. That is one interpretation of a report published a few days ago by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which says press freedoms have not been as strained as they…
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MOVIE REVIEW: NOT THE BIOPIC OF THE WEEK The memory of the man is breathing down the neck of this movie. Jobs achieved what many of us will never even get to imagine in our lifetimes, and soon after his death…
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The SABC’s popular talk show The Big Debate has been pulled off air at the 11th hour, apparently by the national broadcaster’s controversial chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng. The show’s creators were informed on Thursday, hours before it was due to be…
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South Africa moved up from 68th position in August and share 61st place with Libya, who moved up nine places released on Thursday. Bafana Bafana are unbeaten in their last four outings, after claiming victories over Burkina Faso, Botswana, and…
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THE portfolio committee on transport said on Wednesday it was concerned that calls from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) for Gauteng road users not to register for e-tolls and…
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The Los Angeles Times reported the roughly 4.57m-long female Stejneger’s beaked whale washed ashore on Tuesday night, even though it prefers frigid subarctic waters. A truck hauled away the mammal, which will be autopsied by scientists to learn more about it and…
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Mercedes-Benz plans to push ahead with a R3-billion investment plan in South Africa that will see it increase local output to 100 000 units a year. In an interview with Bloomberg news on Wednesday, the truck and luxury carmaker’s South Africa chief…
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